Trivia / A Touch of Frost

• Actor-Inspired Element: Frost was a chain smoker in the novels. This was changed for the series because David Jason had recently quit smoking cigarettes in real life.
• Disowned Adaptation: R.D. Wingfield was very critical of the series, saying that it had ruined the character of Jack Frost.
• Dyeing for Your Art: David Jason grew a moustache for the series. He imagined that Frost grew one in his youth to give himself a few extra years and more maturity. He lost the moustache between series to play other parts and than needed four weeks to grow it back as well as stop shaving at the right time ahead of shooting. Sometimes Jason missed the mark and had to help it along with a bit of "coloring-in"' but it was always ready for filming.
• Foiler Footage: When it was decided to end the series in 2010, three alternative endings were filmed in which Frost, Mullett and Toolan, respectively, died. These were kept securely locked away until the day of transmission, when the selected one (in which Toolan dies in hospital) was transmitted.
• Playing Against Type: David Jason in a non-comedic role; although DI Frost does provide moments of humour (usually in the form of Black Comedy), overall the role is much more serious and somber than many of Jason's other roles.
• Real-Life Relative: Arthur White (Ernie Trigg) is David Jason's real life elder brother. There was already an actor called David White registered with the acting union so David chose to use Jason as his stage name.
• Scully Box: David Jason is 5' 6'' which is quite short for a policeman, so he tried to stand as tall as possible and give Frost a "very correct, shoulders-back bearing" so his height was less of an issue.
• Tom Hanks Syndrome: The series was notable in changing the public perception of David Jason from a predominantly comic actor to a dramatic actor.

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